I spent quite a bit of time savoring a patch or sunflowers this morning...but this was my favorite photo. I texted it to Alyson as I was walking...and we traded thoughts about our shared fondness for fall.
Sometimes I have an idea that tickles me right down to my toes. (If the photos are distorted in the email version as they often are...I hope you link to the blog.)
I sent Becky a card several years ago that made just for her. I wish I had a photograph of the original card...but it was an artist's rendering of a grid of whimsical cats on chairs. Becky loves both cats and chairs...so it was perfect in every way. When I was visiting this past April she had it displayed and commented how much she still loved it after all these years.
Knowing right at that moment what I wanted to do with it....I snuck the card into my bag. I know her well enough to know that she wouldn't mind.... hopefully.
So for Becky's birthday....I reinvented that fabulous card into a tiny accordion book. Today is her actual birthday....so this is the perfect day to share her little book.
I cut out all the cats and chairs and glued them onto the pages.
I chose some hefty cream paper that I used for printing quotes for my tag project because it folds well while working small. I had to glue two sheets together to make it long enough.
I dabbed all the folded edges with a distress ink from an almost dried up stamp pad to frame the pages.
I made the covers out of mat board and covered them with cyanotype tissue prints using just a glue stick. It worked like a dream!
After some experimenting I ended up with a belly band from another cyanotype for a closure. This cyanotype is on paper that is hard to tear...so will hold up well while Becky slides it on and off.
Your sunflower photo brought the word perspective to my mind - how different things look from a different perspective. Helpful when trying to figure out a difficult situation! And that book is simply brilliant! I love how you framed each segment with color and what a great cover! No wonder you were tickled!! I'll bet Becky loved it! Judy
ReplyDeleteThat sunflower reinvented itself and you, not missing a beat, reinvented Becky's card into an accordion book! The petals of the flower are pirouetting and so too are all the cat images dancing across the accordion stage. I'm guessing you are dancing also, MaryAnn, what with being tickled right down to your toes.
ReplyDeleteYou sure have a way with words Dotty! Thanks for doing this little dance of delight with me.
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